The studio still insists that â€œPrometheusâ€ is not the prequel to 1979â€™s â€œAlien,â€ but it sure existed in the same universe.

AVP Galaxy blog discovered a Ridley Scott interview with Hungarian web site Mozinezo.hu with certain spoilers and details about actor Guy Pearceâ€™s upcoming role in the film.

Here is what Ridley said in the interview:

â€œWhen the first â€˜Alienâ€™ movie and â€˜Blade Runnerâ€™ were made, I thought that in the near future the world will be owned by large companies. This is why we have the Tyrell Corporation in â€˜Blade Runnerâ€™, and Weyland-Yutani in â€˜Alienâ€™. They sent the Nostromo spaceship.

The Prometheus is owned by an entrepreneur called Peter Weyland, and is played by Guy Pearce. Thatâ€™s the connection between the two films, and nothing more. Prometheus is a new film, a new world, and is full of new ideas. And of course new monsters as well.â€

In an MTV News interview, Pearce revealed he only appeared in the upcoming sci-fi horror film for about a minute.

Thatâ€™s another proof the two films will share the same universe. It may or may not be a prequel, but it sure comes close.

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